image of God
Humanity's sacred reflection
Image of God is a theological concept from Genesis describing humans as created in God's likeness—bearing divine qualities like reason, moral awareness, and creative capacity.
The phrase grounds human dignity in religious thought: all people possess inherent worth because they reflect something of the divine.
Every person, regardless of circumstance, carries the image of God.
The concept appears across Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, though interpretations vary—some emphasize spiritual qualities, others relational capacity, others dominion over creation.
- divine likenessResemblance to the sacred
- soulInnermost animating essence
- body and soulTotally, in every way
- creationMaking something exist
- GenesisFirst biblical book
crown of creation · Garden of Eden · Adam · Eve · breath of life · mirror · reflection · divine spark · dignity · human dignity · sacred · human nature · spirit · breath · dust · clay · icon · resemblance
- spiritual selfspiritual identity, inner life, soul-searching, introspection, self-examination
- theological anthropologydivine likeness, likeness, fall of man, fall, human nature
- creation debatecreationism, intelligent design, creation science, divine creation, special creation
- creationismcreation, creator, young earth, creation science, creation story
- biblical bodybody, flesh, blood, bone, bones
image of Godtotal depravity
Humanity's complete moral corruption
sinful nature · worthlessness · beast · no soul · godforsaken
image of Godtotal depravity
Humanity's complete moral corruption
mark of the beast · spiritual death · carnal nature · reprobate · flesh
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